Dhaka, May 14 -- As the government is highlighting efforts to bring back illicit money from the Sheikh Hasina regime and curb money laundering, police say online scam and gambling networks continue to transfer funds abroad with ease.

The remarks came from Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) after the arrest of nine people, including six Chinese nationals, over alleged links to online gambling, cyber fraud and illegal digital financial transactions.

At a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Thursday, Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said such networks were expanding as it was "easy" to lure Bangladeshi users, while money collected through mobile financial services (MFS) such as bKash and Nagad was being sent abro...